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| Obama delivers modern fighter jets to Muslim Brotherhood |
| 2013-01-23 |
| A mini-squadron of four state-of-the-art F-16 fighter jets left American airspace Tuesday, heading to the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled Egyptian government. They were a down payment on a previously agreed-to foreign aid package with Egypt according to Fox News. The total package, approved in 2010, calls for 16 F-16s and 200 Abrams tanks to be delivered before the end of 2013. At that time, Egypt’s president was a longtime U.S. ally, Hosni Mubarak. However, in June 2012, the Muslim Brotherhood-backed Mohamed Morsi rose to power, changing the dynamics of the original agreement. Morsi has repeatedly demonstrated that he’s anti-American and anti-Israel. “One American president after another — and most recently, that Obama talks about American guarantees for the safety of the Zionists in Palestine,” Morsi said in 2010, according to Fox News. “[Obama] was very clear when he uttered his empty words on the land of Egypt. He uttered many lies, of which he couldn’t have fulfilled a single word, even if he were sincere — which he is not.” This is hardly a person we want to give 16 modern fighter jets and 200 Abrams tanks. Now I’m going to get logical here. The president has been stumping for massive gun control measures since late December, including calls for detailed background checks for anyone desiring a weapon. If he calls for a background check for a single mom who wants to protect herself and her children with a 22-caliber handgun, shouldn’t we expect at least the same before we deliver high-tech weapons systems to another country? |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #7 "a single mom who wants to protect herself and her children with a 22-caliber handgun" I'd up the calibre... |
| Posted by: linker 2013-01-23 21:07 |
| #6 Now, now, when TV's BENSON, etal. was kidnapped by Central American terrorists back in the late 1970's, their Dear Leader demanded one mighty F-4 PHANTOM for each one of his group's members, espec sexy slinky Bandita Maria - IIRC IT CAME OUT TO SIX PHANTOMS IN ORDER TO GET BENSON + GANG RELEASED. NO WORD IFF MARIA ASKED FOR HERS IN PINK. lol. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-01-23 20:43 |
| #5 Don't be silly SteveS! It's not as if they are (or ever were) a terrorist organization like the Teaparty! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-01-23 17:13 |
| #4 Is there a background check & waiting period before you can buy an F-16? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-01-23 17:00 |
| #3 Parts from China? There is (or will be) too much lead in them. |
| Posted by: Glolunter Flirt1070 2013-01-23 16:59 |
| #2 They can always get their spare parts from the Chengdu J-10 factory. |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2013-01-23 16:52 |
| #1 On the bright side the Jihadist minded folks don't seem capable of studying and practicing and actually becoming good at something as complicated as a fighter jet (piloting or maintaining). Western pilots should have little problem. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2013-01-23 15:02 |